European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Riding the High wind continued Horn Page i3 even Alice and Dorothy did t find anything this Classy in their adventures. Grah used an old balloon discs trick to Chili tie Champagne spraying the Boll Les with the liquid Gas which turned them instantly icy. The picnic was soon Over. Graff was ready Lor High flying. He explained that a balloon can Fly up to an Eleu Avion of about a ,000 meter s before the passengers need auxiliary oxygen. He intended to take us up of 3,000, High enough so we could see the Alps in Switzerland the boners were turned on Lull blast up and up and up we went no More views of the animals on the ground not even Ifie cars i got colder and scary on cur journey upward. Grail pointed out various castles in the Hills we could see the Rhine and Uit about Allol Alsace soon we Mere Way above the highest peaks of the to Gas mountains after the Tirol Lime in a balloon. I knew 1 had to  he said i like the scenery. The nature the Trees the Geometric  unfortunately the scenery he wanted to show us was shrouded in Distant Clouds so me missed the View of Alpine peaks he started Iho descent. As we Gol closer to the ground graft looked Lor possible Landing spots but the ground was not inviting we were on one Side of a Mountain Range a Mountain covered with ores there was no wind Noou not a Wisp of air to blow us in any horizontal direction away from the frees no problem said Graff. Well Fly up to a higher Elevation where there s bound to be wind then Well Cross the Mourlan and come Down on the other Side thai was his plan on went the burners and up we int Strain jul up. Not to the left or Nghil to Lumen off the burners and we waited just a Duke gust of Ivind was All we needed but there was none. Maybe by now there would be some Imd Back closer to Earth Helig ured to went Down straight Down our Captain began so show concen. The fuel Supply was getting Low other balloon associations Don l my in Page 14 the stars and stripes the Mountain a he said Toucan see Why there Are few places to land " there a Vive occasional patches of Brush in the Woods not As perfect As a Flat Field for Landing but definitely belter than treetops we tried to reach one but ended up skimming the pointy ends or branches. It was frustrating please dear lord just a tiny Breeze soon branches and twigs were hitting the balloon intruding Mlo the Basket thai was Frugh Leming. Especially who n Graf turned on the burners to gel us of i of the mess if Ine Trees caught fire we d Burn with them. We Rose with the hoi an. Back once again above the Fores s Graff was no Longcr smiling another cause or worry we we no up and came Down never moving More Man a few Jeet sideways. We d Marco another try for the Brush to said once we Gol into the Trees we were to grab the branches and use them to pull us Over to the Hillside of thru hand vines was he kidding obviously not. He started shouting directions about which branches Lograbo which Way o Friday. May 1